What's for dinner?

Palm Grubs

Many Congolese ask us if we're getting used to the climate here and to the food. We generally respond in the affirmative. Not to everything, but to most things. Meals here generally consist of a combination of the following foods:

Mosuni (meat): usually chicken in sauce or fried fish, sometimes goat or pig

Ndunda (vegetables): usually leafy greens in palm oil

Loso (rice): part of every meal just about

Mbuma (fruit): pineapple, avocado, papaya or oranges

Fuku: cassava root "paste" mixed with corn

Mpondu: cassava leaves in palm oil

Mabenge: potatos

Makemba: plantains

And in the picture above, there are some other tasty morsels which we have only been served once. Most of us are happy about that.